The next morning John received a call from Victor telling him to come by next Tuesday. John called his dad to inform him, he wasn't back since the night before.
"Hello?" John sr. answered in a raspy voice.
"Dad? It's John, Victor called and said to come next week."
"Oh, that's great but I don't think I can make it but you go."
"Where are you? You sound sick." John said in a concerned voice.
"Im fine, tell your brothers I love them. I'll be home soon so don't worry. Go to OVW, go to WWF, all I want for you is to become the champ, become what you want to. Where ever you go remember that I love you. John just remember the toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom."
John hung up uneasily. He knew that his dad had a problem with smoking and he already had a cold. His voice didn't sound to good on the phone but he didn't think anything was going to happen. He packed his things, hugged his family good-bye and was off to Ohio with Kurt.
"So what happened?"Kurt asked John.
"It was my mom, she didn't want me to go but my dad told me to. I don't know, I'm worried about them. They had a huge fight over this and my dad didn't come home yet. He sounded sick or something on the phone but he said to just go and not to worry. I don't get how he expects me to do that." The rest of the drive was quiet.
John and and Kurt arrived at OVW and was greeted by Victor. Their first taping was on Wednesday so they got time to get used to the ring on Tuesday.